GREAT PLANES Gee Bee Instruction Manual page 12

5. Position the wheel pant so that the wheel is
centered in the opening. Mark four locations for the wheel
pant mounting screws onto the base of the wheel pant, two
on each side of the pant. The mounting hole locations MUST
be over the hardwood rails that the landing gear straps are
screwed into. Once you are satisfied with the locations you
have marked, remove the wheel and the wheel pant from the
landing gear wire.
6. Drill a 1/8" [3mm] hole though the wheel pant on
each of the four marks you have made.
7. Place the wheel and the wheel pant back onto the
landing gear wire. Position the wheel pant on the wing.
Using the holes in the wheel pant as your guide, drill a 5/64"
[2mm] hole through the hardwood rails in the wing. Remove
the wheel and wheel pant. Insert and then remove a #4 x
5/8" [15.9mm] sheet metal screw into each of the four holes
you have drilled in the wing. Put a couple of drops of thin CA
into the holes and allow the glue to cure. Once the glue has
cured install the wheel pant to the wing with four #4 x 3/8"
[9.5mm] sheet metal screws.
8. Locate two 1/8" x 3/8" x 3/8" [3mm x 51mm x 51mm]
plywood plates. From one edge of the plate measure in
7/8" [22.2mm] and mark a line onto the top edge and face of
each plate.
9. Place the wheel and axle onto the landing gear
wire. Position the plate so that the mark you have made on
the plate is in line with the axle. (The 7/8" [22.2mm] portion
of the plate should be to the rear of the wheel pant). Place
two reference marks on the edge of the wheel pant to help
align the plate in the following step. Do this for both plates
and both sides of each wheel pant.
10. Using 220-grit sandpaper, sand the inside of the
wheel pant in the area the plates will be glued to. After
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